Kidnapped German National and His Wife Freed By Police

A German national and his wife, who were kidnapped in Puntland late Saturday night were forcibly freed by police, officials confirmed to NewsBlaze on Monday.

“The (police) have been given (the task) to carry out to set free the hostages by force,” Bosaso city governor Muse Ghelle Yusuf, told Newsblaze, adding that the troops would trail any abductor in Puntland.

Eyewitnesses told Newsblaze that the troops surrounded a hilly location where the hostages were held, releasing them and taking the kidnappers into custody.